I used to believe that when you went into an elevator, it was the floors that moved, not the elevator. As a five year old, I couldn't understand what the point of going into the 'box' was and concluded that the floors must have moved, or that there was some sort of magic involved.
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- I use to think i heart attack was when you got stuck in an elevator. I have no idea how i came to believe thisAnon
- I thought Aerosmith's 'Love in an Elevator' was 'Loving a man like Victor'.— Tracy Miller
- I used to think that when you moved, you SWITCHED houses with the person who moved out.— Sheippe
- when i was younger i thought that when you moved house your house moved with you!!— chrissy
- I used to believe that when I was in the car the moon moved with me.Anon
- i used to believe that planes did not fly the ground just moved.— bob the pinecreek